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http://www.thehistorychannel.com A comprehensive, general resource for historical information, with a good search engine.
All about flags: images, their origins, histories, evolution and meanings.
http://www.spoulton.fsnet.co.uk/Book/Gallipoli1.htm#tenedos The well-researched story of a British soldier who took part in the Gallipoli campaign (1915).
http://www.co.north-slope.ak.us/ihlc Gil Shalev's site for the North Slope Borough Inupiat History, Language & Culture Commission.
A very good history of coffee.
http://www.traditionsverband.de/doa.html A lot of information and images about Deutsch-Ostafrika, but it's in German...
http://www.newafrica.com/history/tanzania/colonial.htm Excellent, concise history of Kenya and Tanzania, from the colonial times to the present.
http://members.nbci.com/rail3/r061.html A personal account of a journey from Port Sudan down the Nile to Mombasa in 1935, with photos.
http://www.grmi.org/~jhanna/obj46.htm Excellent information on the tribes and minority peoples of Africa (e.g., Sikh, Wandorobo, etc.)
Excellent, official site of the Greek Ministry of Culture.
http://www.ellada.net/crete-info/xania_history.html A site with a good history of Crete.
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/time.html A lot of good information about the Byzantine era.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/grtoc.html A history of Greece from the US Library of Congress.
http://www.ana.gr/hermes/2000/janfeb/timeline.htm Excellent Greek history timeline.
http://www.gogreece.com/learn/history/Civil_War.html A short history of the Greek civil war.
A good site for Greek mythology.
http://www.co.north-slope.ak.us/gis The official website of the North Slope Borough Geographic Information System.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html View the earth from any location, day or night, and lots of other goodies.
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/index.html NASA's digital image collection from all the space shuttle missions.
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ The interactive map machine at the National Geographic Society. Very good for topographic features.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html Extensive collection of historical, topographic, political, etc. maps from all over the world.
http://www.philographikon.com/antiquemapsworld.html Excellent, well-organized collection of antique maps from all over the world.
An incredible collection of old maps with an excellent search engine and menu interface.
Great GIS and geography resource from the makers of ArcInfo and ArcView.
http://www.safari.cc/arushatimes/edu.html From the Arusha Times website, dedicated to the St. Constantine's International School (ex-Hellenic School) in Arusha. You can even email them!
http://www.newafrica.com/sisal/ Photos, production statistics and other information about sisal.
http://members.nbci.com/rail3/r061.html An excellent account of a journey by steamer and train through Sudan and south to Mombasa in 1935.
http://www.nauticalmuseum.com/ This is the lavish and comprehensive website of the Nautical Museum of Hios.
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